On Introducing Amendments and Repeal of Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with the adoption of the Customs Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Adopted by the Legislative Chamber on November 17, 2015
Approved by the Senate on December 3, 2015
Article 1. The second and third parts of Article 14 of the Law dated December 28, 1993 № 1006-XII “On certification of products and services” (Bulletin of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1994, № 2, p. 50; Bulletin of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, 2000, № 7-8, Art. 217; 2003, № 5, Art. 67; Bulletin of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, 2006, № 4, p. 157, № 10, Art. 536 , 2013, № 10, Art. 263; 2014, № 12, p. 343) in the following wording:
“National or other certificates of conformity and marks of conformity of other countries, which are recognized by “Uzstandard” Agency, submitted by applicant (supplier) to customs authorities together with cargo customs declaration and are basis for placing goods under respective customs regime.
Customs authorities in the case of absence of documents confirming the safety of imported products, do not permit premises of such products under respective customs regime, except for customs regime of temporary storage and customs warehouse, until solution of an issue on conduct of its certification or recognition of foreign certificate in accordance with the rules of national certification system”.
Article 2. To introduce into the Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Administrative Responsibility, approved by Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated September 22, 1994 № 2015-XII (Bulletin of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1995, № 3, p. 6; Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 1995, № 9, Art. 193, № 12, Art. 269; 1996, № 5-6, Art. 69, № 9, Art. 144; 1997, № 2, p. 56, № 4-5, Art. 126, № 9, Art. 241; 1998, № 3, Art. 38, № 5-6, Art. 102, № 9, Art. 181; 1999, № 1, Art. 20, № 5, Art. 124, № 9, Art. 229; 2000, № 5-6, Art. 153, № 7-8, Art. 217; 2001, № 1-2, Art. 23, № 9-10, Articles 165, 182; 2002, № 1, Art. 20, № 9, Art. 165; 2003, № 1, Art. 8, № 5, Art. 67, № 9-10, Art. 149; 2004, № 1-2, Art. 18, № 5, Art. 90, № 9, Art. 171; 2005, № 1, Art. 18; Bulletin of Chambers of Oliy Majlis, 2005, № 9, Art. 312, № 12, Articles 413, 417, 418; 2006, № 6, Art. 261, № 9, Art. 498, № 10,Art. 536, № 12, Articles 656, 659; 2007, № 4, Articles 158, 159, 164, 165, № 9, Articles 416, 421, № 12, Articles 596, 604, 607; 2008, № 4, Articles 181, 189, 192, № 9, Articles 486, 488, № 12, Articles 640, 641; 2009, № 1, Art. 1, № 9, Articles 334, 335, 337, № 10, Art. 380, № 12, Articles 462, 468, 470, 472, 474; 2010, № 5, Articles 175, 179, № 6, Art. 231, № 9, Articles 335, 339, 341, № 10, Art. 380, № 12, Articles 468, 473, 474; 2011, № 1, Art. 1, № 4, Articles 104, 105, № 9, Articles 247, 252, № 12/2, Art. 365; 2012, № 4, p. 108, № 9/1, Art. 242, № 12, Art. 336; 2013, № 4, p. 98, № 10, Art. 263; 2014, № 1, Art. 2 № 5, Art. 130, № 9, Art. 244, № 12, Articles 341, 343; 2015, № 6, Art. 228, № 8, of Articles 310, 312) following amendments:
1) in the disposition of Section 2272 the words “Article 63” shall be replaced by the words “Article 224”;
2) in the disposition of Article 2273 the words “Article 61” shall be replaced by the words “Article 218”.
Article 3. To introduce into Article 19 of the Law dated April 25, 1997 № 412-I “On the rational use of energy” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 1997, № 4-5, Art. 118; 2003, № 5, p. 67; Bulletin of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, 2007, № 9, p. 423, 2013, № 4, p. 98, № 10, p. 263) the following changes:
the first part shall be replaced by the first and second parts as follows:
“For the purpose of rational use of energy, President of Uzbekistan provides businesses and individuals the benefits of:
customs duties and taxes when importing special equipment, instruments and materials, the use of which significantly improves energy efficiency;
other issues in accordance with its competence.
For the purpose of rational use of energy the Government of Uzbekistan provides businesses and individuals the benefits of:
financing from the state soft loan of national, regional and sectoral targeted programs and projects in the field of energy management;
interbranch financing research and development activities, production of pilot batches of energy efficient equipment;
other issues in accordance with its competence”;
part two – the fourth shall be considered as parts of a third – fifth.
Article 4. In the first part of Article 16 of the Law dated May 11, 2001 № 213-II “About transit of special cargoes and troops” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2001, № 5, p. 82, 2004 , № 5, p. 90) the words “Cargo Customs Declaration” shall be replaced with the words “shipping documents”.
Article 5. The following are repealed:
1) The law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 29, 1997 № 470-I “On customs tariff” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 1997
№ 9, Art. 228);
2) Resolution of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan dated August 29, 1997 № 471-I “On the order of entry into force of the Law “On Customs Tariff” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 1997, № 9, p. 229);
3) Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 26, 1997 № 548-I “On the approval of the Customs Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 1998, № 2, p. 36);
4) Resolution of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 26, 1997 № 548A-I “On the order of entry into force of the Customs Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 1998, № 2, p. 37);
5) Section 28 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 29, 1998 № 681-I “On introducing amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 1998, № 9, p. 181);
6) Section 22 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 20, 1999 № 832-I “On introducing amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 1999, № 9, p. 229);
7) Paragraph 21 of section I of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 15, 2000 № 175-II “On amendments and additions, as well as the Repeal of Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2001, № 1- 2, Art. 23);
8) Section 14 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated May 12, 2001 № 220-II “On introducing amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2001, № 5, p. 89);
9) Section 10 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 7, 2001 № 320-II «On introducing amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2002, № 1, p. 20);
10) Section 12 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 30, 2002 № 405-II “On introducing amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2002, № 9, p. 165);
11) Sections 15 and 17 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 13. 2002 № 447-II “On introducing amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2003, № 1, p. 8);
12) Sections 21 and 24 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 25, 2003 № 482-II “On introducing amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2003, № 5, p. 67);
13) Section 16 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 12, 2003 № 568-II “On introducing amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2004, № 1-2, Art. 18);
14) Section 13 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 30, 2004 № 621-II “On introducing amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2004, № 5, p. 90);
15) Paragraphs 37 and 40 of Section 1 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 3, 2004 № 714-II “On amendments and additions, as well as Repeal of Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2005, № 1, Art. 18);
16) Article 4 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 4, 2006 LRU № 28 “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of Uzbekistan in connection with reduction of kinds and simplification of licensing procedures for doing business” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2006, № 4, p. 154);
17) Article 21 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 10, 2006 LRU № 59 “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of Uzbekistan in connection with improvement of the system of legal protection and liberalization of financial responsibility of businesses” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2006, № 10, Art. 536);
18) Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated July 12, 2007 LRU № 101 “On amendments to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in order to improve the organization of search operations in telecommunication networks of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2007 , № 7, p. 322);
19) Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated September 19, 2007 LRU № 112 “On amendments and additions to the Tax Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan and article 33 of the Law “On Customs Tariff ” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, 2007, № 9, p. 419);
20) Article 6 of the Republic of Uzbekistan of Law dated December 28, 2007 LRU № 138 “On amendments and additions, as well as the Annulment of Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with adoption of the Tax Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2007, № 12, p. 608);
21) Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 7, 2008 LRU № 142 “On amendments to Article 109 of the Customs Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, 2008, № 4, p. 178);
22) Article 1 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 7, 2008 LRU № 143 “On amendments to some legislative acts of Uzbekistan in order to enhance application of customs privileges” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, 2008, № 4, p. 179);
23) Article 3 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 10, 2009 LRU № 209 “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of Uzbekistan in connection with improvement of activity of the Commissioner of the Oliy Majlis for Human Rights (Ombudsman)” (Bulletin of the Oliy Majlis the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2009, № 4, p. 136);
24) Article 7 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated September 17, 2010 LRU № 257 “On amendments to some legislative acts of Uzbekistan in connection with improvement of valuation activity” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, 2010, № 9, p. 337);
25) Article 2 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 24, 2010 LRU № 274 “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of Uzbekistan in connection with adoption of the main directions of tax and budget policy for 2011” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2010, № 12, p. 474);
26) Article 2 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 25, 2012 LRU № 343 “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of Uzbekistan in connection with adoption of the main directions of tax and budget policy for 2013, as well as the reduction of the frequency of tax reporting” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis, 2012, № 12, p. 334);
27) Article 7 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 29, 2012 LRU № 345 “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, 2012, № 12, p. 336);
28) Article 25 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 30, 2013 LRU № 352 “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, 2013, № 4, p. 98);
29) Article 18 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 7, 2013 LRU № 355 “On amendments and additions, as well as the Repeal of Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, 2013, № 10, Art . 263);
30) Article 13 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated January 20, 2014 LRU № 365 “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, 2014, № 1, p. 2);
31) Article 13 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 11, 2014 LRU № 381 “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (Bulletin of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, 2014, № 12, p. 343).
Article 6. This Law shall enter into force three months after its official publication.
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Islam Karimov
Tashkent, January 20, 2016
LRU №401
